84 year old retail store better than ever, despite…

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Yesterday after Christmas dinner I talked to a relative from out of state. He owns a local, brick-and-mortar music retail store.

Problems he faces:

His bank came to him and said, “There’s no way you’re ever going to make any real money based on what you’re doing and we don’t want the business. Sorry, we’re getting rid of you.” The banker remarked that contrary to what a lot of people would like, banks are not in the business of losing money.-Competition from Big Box stores, deep discount online retailers and Amazon. There’s no way he can compete with their prices…

I got a toddler for Christmas!

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A week ago today we touched down from our 13 hour plane ride from Hong Kong. That’s a long trip under any circumstances. It’s even more interesting with a 1 1/2 year old who’s only known you for 2 weeks!

She was a little clingy and a little fussy but other than that – great. Couldn’t possibly ask for better.

This entire process has gone w-a-a-a-y better than expected. A month before we went to China…

I'm A Dad Again: Day 7!

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We got Zoe exactly one week ago today.

After lunch last Sunday, the director of the orphanage came to our hotel and brought Zoe to us.

Wow. So here’s our new daughter!

Orphan Story, Adoption Story

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Snow White’s mother the queen says, “Oh, how I wish that I had a daughter that had skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as ebony”.

Soon after that, the queen gives birth to a baby girl who has skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as ebony. They name her Princess Snow White. As soon as the child is born, her mother the queen dies.

Orphan story.

A glimpse at the most beautiful place on earth

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There’s a road in Shangri-La that winds through narrow mountain passes from the city of Lijiang to the very first bend on Yangtze river. The Yangtze is the 4th longest river in the world, dividing China north and south. This bend a place you can see from the moon, or on any world map.

Kids Playing with Needles, Tiananmen Square & Raging Capitalism

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Ever see the famous 1989 picture of the student in China standing off against four tanks? That’s Beijing’s Tiananmen square. We went there yesterday. It’s vast, big enough for literally a million people.

The 1989 incident is just one of many reasons for the “Great Firewall of China,” the massive content filter manned by the Chinese government.

Subscriber Liz Parrish posted this on my blog the other day:

First Day in Beijing

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My youngest, “Z-Man” who’s 7 years old, was so excited, every 30 minutes he’d get out of his seat with mom, walk up the aisle to my seat and say, “Dad, how long before we get to China?”